John dean



JOHN DEAN, OF BAR'ABOO, WISCONSIN.

Leners Patent No. 75,385, ma March 1o', 186s.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOP-PICKING TOOL.

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lTO`ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

v Beit knownV that I, .IonN DEAN, yof Baraboo, in the county of Sauk, and VState of Wisconsin,have invented a new and improved Hop-Picking Toolyand I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, whieh'will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had.`

to the accompanying drawings forming' part of this specification, in which- Figure lvrepresents a perspective View o f my improved hop-picking' machine, Figure -2 is a transverse section of the same. l Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to a new device for picking hops from the pole, and consists in the use' of a rake,'

with curved tines, and with cutters atthe ends, which serve to eut the vines as the tool is drawn along the pole.

Ihe cines are either brought close together, or they are of peculiar shape, so as to prevent the hops from falling through between them.

A', in the drawing, represents the handle of m'y improved hop-picker. B is the rake-head, attached in any suitable manner tothe handle, and carrying a number of teeth or tnes, C C. The teeth C are curved as shown in iig. I, and arefofsuitable size, and a suitable number of themis employed. At each end oi' the head B is secured, about parallel with the tines C, a cutter, D, as shown. As the tool is drawn along a pole, the tines will rake (rif the hops, while the cutters will sever the vines that are in the way of the' tool. The hops, thus picked off the poles, are thrown with the cut-oil' vines upon a carpet or mat, and then separated through a sieve.

The teeth C may be of suitable crosssection,`bnt that indicated in iig. 2, I consider preferable. Inthat the cross-section is somewhat*diamond-shaped, the two front sides being somewhat concave,` as at a a; thereby the hops are retained on the'front of the instrument, and-will notbe so easily drawn through the same.

Having described Vmy invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- I, A hop-picking instrument, consisting of a rake, having curved teeth C and cutters D D at theends, substantially as herein` shown and described.

2. The diamond-shaped teeth C, with concave front edges, substantially as and for the purpose herein shown and described.

JOHN DEAN.

Witnesses:

AWM. F. McNAMAnA, ALEX. F. ROBERTS..- 

